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daily. The fittings of the laboratory, library, and chemical 

 rooms are in progress. 



Temporary trestle tables have been put up in the small 

 work-room on the second floor of the west end. and in the 

 library, and these rooms are now occupied by Mr. Cunningham 

 and Mr. Weldon. 



The concrete walls of the main reservoirs are done; the 

 subway to the sea and. the excavation for ejector are 

 in progress. 



A considerable amount of rock, &c., has still to be 

 removed in order to completely clear the ground allotted to 

 the Association, and when this is done the levelling of the 

 remainder of the ground will be proceeded with. 



I have been engaged during the year in drawing up 

 various reports, and beg to conclude this report with a list 

 of these, together with a short account of the subject of each. 



1. "Preliminary Report upon the Fishiug Industry of 

 Plymouth.'^ This report being printed in the first number 

 of the Journal of the Association, I will not allude to it 

 further here. 



2. " Report of the work done by me up to Christmas, 1 886." 

 This report was forwarded to you when the " Preliminary 

 Report " (No. 1 above) was presented. The nature of the 

 difficulties I had encountei'ed in the preparation of the Report 

 on the Fisliing Industry were mentioned, and the progress 

 made in the investigation of the Fauna and Flora of the 

 Sound during the first six months of my residence was noted ; 

 an account of the manner in which my time had been spent 

 was then placed before you, and the report concluded with 



3. " Report upon a plan of work to be carried out by the 

 Association." This was briefly as follows : 



A. That a diagram should be prepared showing the 



relation of the weather to the products of the 

 Plymouth fishery, and the financial relations of 

 capital, expenditure, and profit in certain instances. 



B. That an experiment of putting live soles into a pond of 



salt water, which had been placed at the disposal 

 of the Association for that purpose by Mr. Thomas 

 Bulteel, of Radford, should be proceeded with. 



